Archbishop of Philadelphia, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua died at age 88 on January 31st. His death came less than 36 hours after a judge ruled him competent to testify in open court in two grand jury reports exposing clergy sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. (Credit: Don Murray/Getty Images)

Dick Clark

Music Icon Dick Clark died on April 18th of a heart attack. (Credit: Robert Mora/Getty Images)

Andy Griffith

Andy Samuel Griffith died at age 86 in his North Carolina home on July 3rd. (Credit; Douglas A Sonders/Getty Images)

Mel Stuart, the director of Willy Wonka, died in his Los Angeles home on August 9th from cancer. (Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

Ron Palillo

Ron Palillo, known for his role as a nerdy high school student on "Welcome Back, Kotter," died at age 63 in his Florida home. It is believed he died of a heart attack. (Credit: Todd Williamson/Getty Images)

Tony Scott

Director Tony Scott died after apparently jumping from a bridge in San Pedro, California on August 19th. He was 68. (Credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Andy Williams

Andy Williams died on September 25th at the age of 84 after a year long battle with with bladder cancer. (Credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Larry Hagman

Larry Hagman died at the age of 81 on November, 23 in Texas. (Credit: CARL COURT/AFP/GettyImages)

John Levy

Jazz Master Honoree John Levy died on January 20th at age 99 in Altadena, California. (Credit: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)

Helen Gurley Brown

Helen Gurley Brown, editor who made Cosmopolitan magazine big, died on August 13th at the age of 90 after being hospitalized in New York for a brief time. (Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images for the Israeli Film Festival)

Garrett Reid

Garrett Reid was found dead in his dorm room at Lehigh University, location of the Eagles' training camp, on August 5th. A moment of silence is observed for Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach Andy Reid's son Garrett Reid before the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on August 5, 2012 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Credit: Brian Garfinkel/Getty Images)

Marvin Hamlisch

Marvin Hamlisch died at age 68 in Los Angeles on August 7th after a brief illness. (Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Joe Tamburro

Joe "Butterball" Tamburro died on July 27 at age 70. (Joe "Butterball" Tamburro. File photo)

Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal died on August 1st at age 86 in his Hollywood Hills home after complications with pneumonia. (Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)

Chad Everett

Chad Everett died at the age of 75 on July 24th at his home in Los Angelos after battling cancer for over a year. (Credit: Frederick M Brown/Getty Images)

Sally K. Ride

Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, died at age 61 on July 23rd after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

NASA astronaut Sally K. Ride, the Space Shuttle Challenger crew member, pose in January 1983 in Johnson Space Center, Houston. Sally Ride and other four NASA Astronauts will be aboard the Shuttle Challenger for NASA STS-7 mission, scheduled of June 1983. (Credit:AFP/Getty Images)

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury died at age 91 on June 6th. (Credit: Charley Gallay/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES - APRIL 28: Writer Ray Bradbury delivers a lecture at the 12th Annual LA Times Festival of Books at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus on April 28, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Credit: Charley Gallay/Getty Images)

Jim Huber

American sports commentator Jim Huber died January 2nd at age 67. (Credit: Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)

Gene Bartow

Gene Bartow, former UAB and UCLA basketball coach, died at age 81 in his Birmingham home on January 3rd. (Credit: Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)

Tony Blankley

Tony Blankley, former press secretary for former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, died from stomach cancer on January 7th at age 63. (Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Alex DeCroce

NJ Assemblyman Alex DeCroce (L) died at age 75 in the State House on January 9th. (Credit: Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

Bill Janklow

Former South Dakota Governor and Representative Bill Janlow,
who was convicted of manslaughter in a 2003 traffic accident, died at age 72 from brain cancer on January 12th. (Credit: U.S. House of Represenatives/Getty Images)

Richard Sheirer

Richard Sheirer (L), official in charge of September 11th rescues, died January 19th in Manhattan at age 65. (Credit: SHANNON STAPLETON/AFP/Getty Images)